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Inter-regional wage differentials in Portugal : an analysis across the wage distribution
Pereira, João Manuel; Galego, Maria Aurora - 2012
The issue of regional wage differentials is relevant both for policy proposes and general public discussion. A sound knowledge of the distribution of wage inequalities and their causes is essential for defining policy measures for reducing spatial income inequalities. A range of empirical...
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On the link between job polarisation and wage inequality : a regional approach for Germany
Reinhold, Mario - 2016
Job polarisation and increasing wage inequality is observed in many rich countries, including Germany. Both phenomena are well-discussed in international literature, though a link can only be observed in the U.S. I assess the impact of job polarisation upon wage inequality in Germany by...
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A vicious cycle of regional unemployment and crime? : evidence from German counties
Umbach, Tim - 2020
Much research has been done showing that unemployment can cause crime, and that crime adversely impacts economic activity. However, very few authors have considered a simultaneous relationship. Using an IV-setup and regional panel-data, I find evidence for the possibility of a vicious cycle,...
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Interregional spillovers and urban-rural disparity in U.S. employment growth
Saito, Hisamitsu; Gopinath, Munisamy; Wu, JunJie - 2010
A wide urban-rural disparity is observed in employment growth in the United States. For example, employment growth averaged 2.1 percent in urban counties during 1998-2007, compared with just 1 percent in rural counties. In this study, we examine the sources of U.S. employment growth using the...
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Market potential and regional disparities in Turkey
Karahasan, Burhan Can; Doğruel, Fatma; Doğruel, A. S. - 2011 -
Regional disparity is one of the important characteristics of Turkish economy. The paper focuses on the explanatory power of market potential on the regional differences in Turkey. Regional divergences in wages and employment are used as the proxies for regional differences. Empirical results...
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Estimating regional differences in returns to education when schooling and location are determined endogenously
Suhonen, Tuomo; Pehkonen, Jaakko; Tervo, Hannu - 2010
While the growing supply of university skills is known to have agglomerated towards the large centers in Finland, there is no research knowledge available on the development of regional demands. This paper attempts to fill this gap by analyzing regional variation in the private-sector return to...
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Public investment regional allocation : evaluation of applicability of two methodologies
Geraki, Martha; Polyzos, Serafeim; Krikeli, Olga - 2010
Regional allocation of public investment has been considered of a great interest over the years. Regional policy uses … investments as a basic developmental tool and it seeks for an effective allocation among the regions. In addition, national … national product. Therefore, an effective allocation by the central government is of a great significance. In addition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011572979
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Macroeconomic consequences of gender discrimination : a preliminary approach : could gender wage discrimination explain regional differences in productivity?
Fernández, Melchor; Pena-Boquete, Yolanda - 2010
of the degree of gender wage discrimination causes a change in the allocation of resources. Thus, we find the effect in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574902
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Could gender wage discrimination explain regional differences in productivity?
Fernández, Melchor; Pena-Boquete, Yolanda - 2011 - (Draft version)
Human capital and productive structure could account for an important part of the differences in productivity between Spanish regions; nevertheless we consider that gender wage discrimination could also have effects on it. The existence of a degree of discrimination means that there is a wage...
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Decomposition of labor earnings : an analysis between metropolitan regions and nonmetropolitan regions in Brazil
Hersen, Amarildo; Staduto, Jefferson Andronio Ramundo - 2010
This paper aim at examining the dispersion of intra and inter-regional of principal labor earnings of the Metropolitan Regions (MR) and Non-Metropolitan Regions (NMR) of the States of Bahia, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo,...
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